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Allogations 



^■■■mMBi^^HHI^i ^ ^ former Council staff enployee who worked 

 on the I/O issue while employed at the Council, -■■■■i^left 

 the Council to work for a consulting firm, LGL Alaska Research 

 Associates, Inc. (LGL), where he was alleged to have worked on 

 the I/O matter and been given special access to Council staff. 

 It was also said that he helped Council staff prepare for the I/O 

 deliberations. 



Findings 



During 1990 and 1991, four NPFKC staff employees left NPFMC for 

 employnent with LGL, a wildlife consul t ing fim legated in 

 Ancho rage . Those e nployees we rej 



■■■^^^■■■■■MIHIHHfe and 



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^>cf LGL, had decided by 



the end of 1989 to hire additional staff to handle in creasing 

 client needs in fish eries consultati on. In May 1990, ^^■■■^k 

 hired ^■■■IHIPI^^^ from NPFMC. iMH^fcwas a certified 

 fisheries scientist who had experience performing fisheries 

 assessments as a meiaber of the NPFMC staff. 



The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) is a trade 

 association, located in Seattle, Washington, that represents 

 insho re process ing inter ests in A laska. In the lattsr part of 

 iggo,:^H|mHI|^B PSPA's^flHHHh^ retained LGL to analyze the 

 NPFMC 's I/O study when it became available for public review and 

 cor::sient. The study, in the fom of a Supplemental Environmental 

 Impact Statement (SZIS) , was designed to evaluate the economic, 

 biological, and sociological consequences of the Council's 

 alternative recocnendations on the groundfish industry. The PSPA 

 and most other interested parties were primarily interested in 

 the economic ramifications. The draft SEIS was released by the 

 Council in April 1991. 



<BaBHHHHi^BIH^^is a fisheries economist who was employed by 

 the NPFMC from September , 1987 through March 4, 1991. As a 

 Council economist, ^l^^HBB*" worked on the initial design of the 

 analytical database the Council used to evaluate the I/O issue. 

 He helped code data from a survey of groundfish industry 

 fishermen. 



^■■MHI^ resigned from his Council staff position on December 22, 

 1990, but remained on NPFMC 's payroll until March 4, 1991 by 

 expending his accrued annual leave and compensatory time. He 



